Every year Bidi smoking costs 0.5% of GDP to India

If you smoke beedi then it's harming you, along with the country as it costs India over Rs 80,000 crore in ill health and early deaths every year which is equivalent to 0.5% of GDP. According to a report, it includes direct expenditures for diagnosis, medicines, doctors' fees, hospital admissions and transportation. Tobacco spending makes 1.5 crore people go through poverty situation. 72 million regular use Bidi.